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Before and afterWe we’re getting tired of our 1990s kitchen but didn’t have the budget for a new kitchen so we decided to give a little DIY facelift to our kitchen to bring it into the 2020s!
Materials
Dulux renovation range: cabinet paint
White Knight tile paint and primer
Timber trims for the panel look
Timber lacquer in clear
New cabinet handles from Bunnings
No more gaps bathroom and kitchen silicone
Tools
Steps
Step 1
Remove all the cabinet doors and handles, and take off the melamine wrapping with the help of a hair dryer.
Step 2
Prime the cabinet doors with the Dulux renovation range primer for cabinet doors. We didn’t have to sand the doors as once the melamine wrapping came off, we were left with the raw MDF.
Step 3
Paint the cabinets with the Dulux renovation range cabinet paint in vivid white. We did 3 coats to fully cover the raw MDF colour as the primer is clear.
Step 4
Clip the cabinet doors back on and install new handles in matt black for that updated look.
Step 5
Sand the kitchen tiles lightly just enough to buff the surface to get it ready for painting, and remove old silicone along the edges between the backsplash and benchtop.
Step 6
Prime the tiles with the tiler primer and apply 2 coats of the White Knight tile paint, for which we picked an olive colour.
Step 7
Silicone the edges that join the tiles and benchtop with a bathroom and kitchen grade silicone.
Step 8
Cut the timber trims to the right height for the back panel of the kitchen bench, and stain it with a clear lacquer.
Step 9
Paint the back panel of the kitchen bench following the same steps as the cabinet doors but also sanding first as we were painting on melamine this time.
Step 10
Nail the slats of timber to the back panel to get that fluted panel look 
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @mgosia. It's terrific to have you join us, and many thanks for sharing your wonderful kitchen transformation.
You've really made some great choices there, and I love the timberwork you've added under the bench. The bold colour choice on the splashback is growing on me; the one thing I do know is it's certainly not boring. I really like the colour too!
Many thanks for sharing, and well done!
Mitchell
